Safety neck-yoke attachment.



N0.772,835. PATENTED OCT. 18, 1904.

. W. G. SGHULZ.

SAFETY NECK YOKE ATTACHMENT.

N0 MODEL.

anwwwhoz iffi'zLZj/am G. Sakai/z. Witnesses the attachment and aroundthe pole.

UNITED STATES Patented October 18, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

S AFETY NECK-YOKE ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 77 2,835, dated October18, 1904:.

Application filed June 1,1901. Serial No. 210,721. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM G. SoHULZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Elmore, in the county of Faribault and State of Minnesota,have invented new and useful Improvements in Safety Neck-Yoke Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to new and useful im provements in neck-yokeattachments for vehicle-poles; and its object is to provide a devicewhich can be readily secured to the pole of the vehicle and whichwillsecurely fasten the strap of the neck-yoke in position without thenecessity of buckling it or weakening the pole by drilling the same forthe reception of holding devices.

The invention consists of a ferrule having an arched plate pivotedthereto and which is connected to a bow-shaped head by means ofoutwardly-extending straps. The strap of the neck-yoke is secured to thepole by looping it and inserting the loop between the strapsjof Saidattachment is then swung downward' upon the pole, where it remainsseated. by gravity and holds the neck-yoke strap securely in position.

The invention also consists in the further novel construction andcombination of-par'ts, hereinafter more fully described and claimed,andillnstrated in the accompanying drawings, showing the preferred formof my invention, and in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation showing astrap secured in place upon a pole by means of my improved attachment,said attachment being shown raised by dotted lines; and Fig. 2 is' aplan view of the attachment and that portion of the pole adjacentthereto.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 is a vehicle-polehaving a ferrule 2,

'- secured in position thereon in any suitable these straps are bentoutward, so as to form a space between them and the pole 1. If desired,

lugs 8 may be arranged upon the bottom of the pole at points below theends of the straps 7.

When it is desired to secure the strap 9 of a neck-yoke upon the pole 1,the sameis looped and the plate 5 and its strap 7 and head 6 are thenswung upward into'the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Thelooped strap 9 is next inserted between straps 7 and placed over the endof pole l and between lugs 8. Plate 5 is then pressed downward upon thepole 1 and thestrap 9 assumes a position between said pole and strap 7.Head 6 fits snugly upon the pole 1, and it is therefore understood thataccidental displacement of the strap 9 is absolutely prevented, and toremove it from the pole 1 it first becomes nec.

In the foregoing description I have shown the preferred form of myinvention; but I do not limit myself thereto, as I am aware thatmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit orsacrificing any of the advantages thereof, and I therefore reserve theright to make such changes as fairly fall within the scope of myinvention.

Having thus fully described the invention,

1 what is claimed as new is 1. The combination with a pole of a vehicle;of a ferrule surrounding the pole at a point removed from the end.thereof, and a neckyoke attachment connected to the ferruleand formed inasingle sheet of metal, said attachment comprising an arched platepivoted to opposite sides of the ferrule at one end and cut away betweenthe pivots, a curved head adjacent the other end of the plate, saidplate and head being adapted to fit snugly upon the round the pole, saidplate being pivoted to In testimony WhereofIafiiX mysignature inopposite sides of the ferrule and cut away at presence of two witnesses.

points between its pivots, a curved head ad- Y i 7 r jacent one end ofthe plate and adapted to fit lLLIAM bbHUL/J' 5 snugly upon the poleadjacent its end, and Witnesses:

oppositely-bent arms integral With and con- P. H. YILLIAMS,

necting the plate and head. C. D. WILLIAMs.

